Informed consent is integral to providing high-quality health care, yet it is too often treated as an obstacle — just a box ...

New guidelines emphasize the need for clarity in consent agreements for clinical trials and aim to broaden participation in ...

Under Colorado law, students under the age of 18 who receive medical treatment at Wardenburg Health Center must first have a parent or guardian sign the Parental/Guardian Consent for Treatment of a ...

Complaints and questions keep pouring in to 5 On Your Side about home insurance companies raising rates beyond the state-approved maximum. Insurers are using a loophole in a state law to send “Consent ...

Will be administered emergency medical care as allowed by law ...

The way current patient consent forms are written -- as formal, legal documents -- plants a litigious relationship in both the patient's and the surgeon's mind even before treatment has begun.